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Radical history will come to life at Oklahoma Laborfest
August 23, 2011One of the most remarkable features will be a special reading of Nor Iron Bars, which incorporates social realism, regionalism and agitation.
Read moreObama, the debt, and “shared sacrifice”
August 23, 2011"Shared sacrifice" has become a key talking point among many top politicians opposing the Republican Party's defense of the super-rich and refusal to allow the Bush tax cuts to expire.
Read moreDissident Arts Festival held in New York
August 23, 2011John Pietaro, a labor organizer and musician, along with poets and activists John and Steve Bloom, brought the festival to New York City last year from Beacon, N.Y., where it originated.
Read moreInterracial marriage, class arrogance, idealism star at film fest
August 19, 2011The ever-present Michael Moore, probably the most successful documentarian in world history, had a strong say in the choice of films screened at this progressive gathering.
Read moreStanding up: a poem for the picket lines
August 18, 2011This poem was inspired by the just-concluded United Steelworkers convention.
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